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Descendants of Edward Ketchum

Christopher William KETCHUM [Parents] was born on 25 Feb 1806 in Tennessee. He died on 19 Oct 1851 in Christian Co., Illinois. He was buried in Old Stoneington Cem.-Christian Co., IL. He married Polly Ann BROWN on 18 Feb 1850 in Christian Co., Illinois. Christopher was employed as Preacher, farmer.

Other marriages:
NIBLETT, Susannah
TRAUBER, Mary Ann

Christopher and his brother Peter were farmers and operated a small grist mill in Christian County, Illinois before Peter moved to Texas with others of his family in 1848. Christopher was a minister in Christian County.

Christopher Ketchum, on 18 Septeember 1835 in the Edwardsville land office, received land patent on 40 acres in Section 23, SE quarter of the NW quarter , Township 13-North, Range 2-West, 3rd Prime Meridian, Christian County, Illinois.

Christopher Ketchum, on 10 January 1851 in the Springfield land office, received land patent on 40 acres in Section 34, SE quarter of the SW quarter, Township 14-North, Range 1-West, Christian County, Illinois.

Christian County was carved from Dane County. It was said that the Christian County name was picked because so many people moved to the area from Christian County, KY. Christopher Ketchum married his 3rd wife, Polly Brown, in Christian County, filed in Vol.A Pg.38, License #253.

In Nov. 4, 1839 the first venire of Grand Jurors included Christopher Ketcham(um) and Jacob Widick (Wydick). The second venire of Grand Jurors in June 1840, in Dane County, included Peter and Jacob Wydick. The Wydicks were family of Temperance Wydick who married Christopher's nephew Green Berry Ketchum, Sr.

1850 Census - Place: District 22, Christian County, Illinois
Name Age
Cristopher Ketchum 44
Polly A Ketchum 24
John Ketchum 19
Josephus Ketchum 15
Lucinda Ketchum 12
Martha A Ketchum 10
William C Ketchum 2
Rachel Brown 50
Martha I Taylor 1

Polly Ann BROWN was born in May 1827 in Ohio. She died in 1903 in Rawlins County, Kansas. She was buried in Achilles Cemetery, Rawlins County, KS. She married Christopher William KETCHUM on 18 Feb 1850 in Christian Co., Illinois.

After death of Christopher Ketchum, Polly was widowed twice more between 1852 and 1859. June 18, 1860 census, Christian County, Illinois: Polly, plus son-William E. Robins, son-Stephen A. Cheek, step-daughter-Elizabeth Cheek, step-son Josiah Cheek, nephew Charles W. Brown. Married fourth husband Armstead Morris in 1861. By about 1877 Armstead Morris and Polly settled in southeastern Rawlins County, Kansas. Her husband Armstead names the settlement Achilles after his father and grandfather. Armstead Morris becomes the first Postmaster of Achilles, KS. About 1884 Armstead and Polly apparently separated or divorced. 1900 census, Rawlins County, KS Polly is listed as widow, 4 children, one living. Also on census is Charles W. Brown, nephew. Most of the information about Polly Brown comes from Kevin Vap, kevin@vap.org

They had the following children:

M i George KETCHUM was born on 6 Jun 1851. He died on 18 Feb 1852 in Stoneington, Illinois.

Edmond MCANALLY was born in 1805 in Tennesee. He died on 8 May 1874 in Blount County AL. He was buried in Guinns Cove Cemetary, Blount Co., AL. He married Elizabeth KETCHUM on 25 Jul 1824 in Blount Co., AL.

Farmer in Blount County, Alabama in 1850.

1850 US Census, Blount County, Alabama
Name Age
Edmond Mcanally 50
Elizabeth Mcanally 43
Wm Mcanally 21
Catherin Mcanally 19
David Mcanally 16
John Mcanally 14
Elizah Mcanally 11
Peter Mcanally 9
Reuben E Mcanally 7

1870 Blount County US Census
Name Age
Edmond Mcanally 65
Betsy Mcanally 15 [65]
Peter H Mcanally 27
Martha Mcanally 16

Elizabeth KETCHUM [Parents] was born in 1807. She died on 5 Jun 1881. She was buried in Guinns Cove Cemetary, Blount Co., AL. She married Edmond MCANALLY on 25 Jul 1824 in Blount Co., AL.

They had the following children:

F i Mollie MCANALLY was born in 1826. She was buried in Guinns Cove Cenetary, Blount Co., AL.

M ii William James MCANALLY was born in 1828.

F iii Catherine MCANALLY was born in 1831.

M iv David MCANALLY was born on 14 Dec 1834. He died on 26 Oct 1907.

M v John C. MCANALLY was born on 29 Mar 1836.

M vi Elijah V. MCANALLY was born in 1839. He died on 27 Jun 1864 in Kennesaw Mountain. The cause of death was Civil War combat.

McAnnally, Elijah V., born about 1839 in Alabama, son of Edmond and Elizabeth Ketchum McAnnally; enlisted 23 Sep 1861 at Blountsville; on muster roll through Aug 1863; Zorn reported he was killed at Kennesaw Mountain 27 Jun 1864

M vii Dutton T. MCANALLY was born on 21 Sep 1842. He died on 8 May 1907.

M viii Peter H. MCANALLY was born in 1841.

M ix Rueben MCANALLY was born in 1843. He died on 4 Apr 1896.

M x Thomas Benton MCANALLY was born on 12 Jan 1846. He died in Oct 1926.

M xi General Jackson MCANALLY was born on 12 Mar 1848. He died on 18 Nov 1930.

F xii Martha MCANALLY was born in 1852.

Luther Henderson KETCHUM [Parents] was born on 10 Nov 1809 in Tennessee. He died on 23 Nov 1875 in Blount Co., Alabama. The cause of death was murder. He was buried in Blountsville First UMC Cemetery, Blount Co., Alabama. He married Elizabeth NIBLETT on 8 Feb 1835 in Blount Co., AL. Luther was employed as Wagonmaker, carpenter.

Other marriages:
GILLILAND, Susan

Henderson Ketchum was counted in the 1840 census in Blount County, Alabama.

1860 Blount County Alabama U.S. census says he was born in Tennessee and wife in South Carolina. All children born in Alabama.
Name Age
Henderson Ketchum 51
Elizabeth Ketchum 45
Manervia Ketchum 25
Easter Ketchum 23
James H Ketchum 21
Luillor I Ketchum 19
Sarah A Ketchum 14
Lewis T Ketchum 10

1870 Census - Place: Township 11 Range 1, Blount County, Alabama
Name Age
Hen Ketchum 60 [Henderson]
Susan Ketchum 28
Christopher Ketchum 7
Martha Ketchum 5
Mary Ketchum 4
Robert Ketchum 1
Ellen Ketchum 7
Nancy Nelson 39
Mary E Nelson 16
Josiah Nelson 13
Molinda Nelson 12
Sarah Nelson 9

Luther Henderson Ketchum received a land Patent on June 18, 1854 Document #17798, Accession/Serial #AL3720__.237, BLM Serial #AL - NO S/N for 40.08 acres of land described as being located in the SW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 31, Township 10-South Range 1-East in Blount County AL.

He later received a Patent on 160.2 acres of land on April 2, 1857. Document #26025,
Accession/Serial #AL3770__.045, BLM Serial AL - NO S/N Described below as all or part of the NW1/4 of SW1/4 of Section 31, Township 10-South Range 1-East in Blount County, AL and the E½of the SW1/4 of Section 31, Township 10-South Range 1-East in Blount County, AL and the SE1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 36, Township 10-South Range 1-West in Blount County AL

The Gadsden Times, 19 Nov 1875
Henderson Ketchum was seriously cut in the back with a knife by Frank
Gable, in Blountsville, on the 6th.

The Gadsden Times, 3 Dec 1875
Henderson Ketchum, an old citizen of Blount Co., died on the 23 ult. from
wounds inflicted by Frank Gable, with a knife, some time previously in
Blountsville.

[The above from "The Gadsden Times, 1872 - 1875" abstracted by William
Thomas Martin III and Patricia Thomas Martin, 1996]

Newspaper item in LIVINGSTON JOURNAL, SUMTER CO., ALABAMA, DEC. 3, 1875 - "Henderson Ketchum of Blountsville died on the 23rd of wounds inflicted by Frank Gables."

NOTE: Frank Gables first appears in this record on March 10, 1876 on a charge of Manslaughter (pg. 94). The case was continued several times (pg. 110, 123, 139) until it was nolle prosequi (charges dropped) in January, 1878.

State Trial Docket
Blount County, Alabama
1873-1879

pg. 167
(copied 11-4-2005, Blount County, Alabama Archive Vault)
March? 10/76 Continued by consent, in this case the Presiding Judge in term? ter?? fixes the amount of bail at Fifteen Hundred Dollars and directs the Shreiff of this county to take bail according in vacatiore? January 8/77 Continued by Deft. Sept 1/77 Continued by consent. Jan 11/78 Nol Pros. NOTE: Nol Pros means case dropped.

About 1886 or 1887 Luther's widow (Susan Gilliland) moved to Lamar County, TX with some of the children. The rest followed later. Most migrated to Choctaw Indian Nations, later the state of Oklahoma. Luther KETCHUM was a wagonmaker and carpenter by profession in Alabama.

Information below was copied from the Luther Henderson Ketchum (b.1809) family bible. I have information about most of the Ketchums in the bible, but who were the Shearers and how were they connected? Some of this family spelled their name Sherrer. (There was a Judge Shearer in Blount county).
BIRTHS:
Thomas B. Shearer, Feb 19, 1814; Elizabeth Ann Shearer, Oct. 29, 1820; Phares Waldo Shearer, Aug. 12, 1837; Margarette Shearer, Jan 10, 1839; Christopher Ketchum, Feb 25, 1806; Susannah Ketchum, May 25, 1812; John Ketchum, Aug 23, 1830; Josephus Ketchum, Sept. 23, 1835; Lucinda Ketchum, Feb. 23, 1838; Henderson Ketchum, Nov. 10, 1809; Elizabeth Ketchum, Aug 14, 1815; Manerva Cathanne KetchAm, Jan 30, 1836; Esther Jane KetchAm, May 4, 1837; James H. Ketcham, May 27, 1839; Margate L. Ketcham, Dec 5, 1840; Aquillar J. Ketchum, Sept 4, 1842; Sara Adaline Ketchum, Sept. 20, 1845; Daniel Ketchum, Jun 20, 1848; Lewis T. Ketchum, Jan 15, 1850; Christopher C. Ketchum, July 15, 1863; Martha E. Ketchum, Jun 29, 1865; Margaret Ketchum, Mar 21, 1867; Robert Edward Lee Ketchum, Nov 14, 1868; Samuel Rasor Ketchum, May 1, 1871; James H. Loyd (?), Sept 2, 1857; Mit Madora Ketchum, Dec 23, 1874; Laura R. Ketchum, Oct. 9, 1864.

MARRIAGES:
Thomas B. Shearer & Eliza Ann Nation, May (or Jan?) 31, 1836
Christopher Ketchum & Susanah Niblett, Oct. 28, 1828
Christopher Ketchum & Polly A. Brown, Feb. 17, 1850
Christopher Ketchum & Mary Ann Ketchum, Dec. 10, 1847
Magnolia Manley & James L. Patrick, Dec. 16, 1888
R. S. Ketchum & Miss L. M. McAbee, Aug. 18, 1890
M.M. Ketchum & E. Lane
Henderson Ketchum & Susan Gilliland, Aug 6, 1862
Louis Ketchum & Francis E., Jan 29, 1862 [1869]
R. E. Ketchum & Josie Littlefield, Aug 17, 1887
J. H. Alexander & Susan Ketchum, Nov 28, 1894

DEATHS:
Lewis Ketchum, Dec 25, 1870
Amanda Ketchum born Oct 27, 1880 & died Dec 10, 1873 (erroneous date)
Samuel Gilliland, Apr 25, 1885
Elizabeth Gilliland, Feb 6, 1885

TRANSCRIBERS NOTE:
In the Bible at the beginning of the New Testament there was a date of 1834. I noticed that is 2 years prior to the marriage of Thomas Shearer & Elizabeth Nation which makes it seem the Bible belonged to them originally.

Elizabeth NIBLETT was born on 14 Aug 1815 in South Carolina. She married Luther Henderson KETCHUM on 8 Feb 1835 in Blount Co., AL.

They had the following children:

F i Catherine Minerva KETCHUM was born on 30 Jan 1836. She died on 15 Jul 1911.

F ii Ester Jane KETCHUM was born on 4 May 1837.

M iii James H. KETCHUM was born on 27 May 1839. He died on 19 Jan 1892 in Phelan, Cullman Co., AL.

The Southern Democrat, 27 Nov 1924 says that the first Oneonta city clerk was John H. Ketchum. I feel that it was James H. Ketchum. I have found no John H. Ketchum in Blount County.

“Uncle” Jasper Bynum built the first home, the first hotel, and he and
his son built the first store. The first jeweler was Fred Steele, the
first druggists were Dr. H.B. Disharoon an Dr. F.G. Donehoo. The
first Dr. was H.B. Disharoon, the first lawyers were R.T. Robinett,
M.P. Allgood, Emory C. Hall, M.L. Ward and J.P. Lockwood. The first
preachrs were Inzer (Baptist) Patillo (Methodist). The first mayor
was A.J. Ingram. The first city clerk was John H. Ketchum and the
first Treasurer, Dr. E.W. Wiggins. The M.E. Church, South, was
organized in 1890; the Missionary Baptist was organized about 1896;
the Cumberland Presbyterian in 1897; the M.E. Church in 1902, and the
Christian Church in 1912.

James died at the home of his sister, Catherine Minerva Chamblee.

F iv Margaret L. KETCHUM was born on 5 Dec 1840. She died before 1950.

M v Aquilla Jefferson KETCHUM was born on 4 Sep 1842. He died on 20 Feb 1921.

F vi Sarah Adaline KETCHUM was born on 20 Sep 1845.

M vii Daniel KETCHUM was born on 20 Jun 1848. He died before 1850.

M viii Lewis T. KETCHUM was born on 15 Jan 1850. He died on 25 Dec 1870.

Luther Henderson KETCHUM [Parents] was born on 10 Nov 1809 in Tennessee. He died on 23 Nov 1875 in Blount Co., Alabama. The cause of death was murder. He was buried in Blountsville First UMC Cemetery, Blount Co., Alabama. He married Susan GILLILAND on 6 Aug 1862 in Blount Co., AL. Luther was employed as Wagonmaker, carpenter.

Other marriages:
NIBLETT, Elizabeth

Henderson Ketchum was counted in the 1840 census in Blount County, Alabama.

1860 Blount County Alabama U.S. census says he was born in Tennessee and wife in South Carolina. All children born in Alabama.
Name Age
Henderson Ketchum 51
Elizabeth Ketchum 45
Manervia Ketchum 25
Easter Ketchum 23
James H Ketchum 21
Luillor I Ketchum 19
Sarah A Ketchum 14
Lewis T Ketchum 10

1870 Census - Place: Township 11 Range 1, Blount County, Alabama
Name Age
Hen Ketchum 60 [Henderson]
Susan Ketchum 28
Christopher Ketchum 7
Martha Ketchum 5
Mary Ketchum 4
Robert Ketchum 1
Ellen Ketchum 7
Nancy Nelson 39
Mary E Nelson 16
Josiah Nelson 13
Molinda Nelson 12
Sarah Nelson 9

Luther Henderson Ketchum received a land Patent on June 18, 1854 Document #17798, Accession/Serial #AL3720__.237, BLM Serial #AL - NO S/N for 40.08 acres of land described as being located in the SW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 31, Township 10-South Range 1-East in Blount County AL.

He later received a Patent on 160.2 acres of land on April 2, 1857. Document #26025,
Accession/Serial #AL3770__.045, BLM Serial AL - NO S/N Described below as all or part of the NW1/4 of SW1/4 of Section 31, Township 10-South Range 1-East in Blount County, AL and the E½of the SW1/4 of Section 31, Township 10-South Range 1-East in Blount County, AL and the SE1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 36, Township 10-South Range 1-West in Blount County AL

The Gadsden Times, 19 Nov 1875
Henderson Ketchum was seriously cut in the back with a knife by Frank
Gable, in Blountsville, on the 6th.

The Gadsden Times, 3 Dec 1875
Henderson Ketchum, an old citizen of Blount Co., died on the 23 ult. from
wounds inflicted by Frank Gable, with a knife, some time previously in
Blountsville.

[The above from "The Gadsden Times, 1872 - 1875" abstracted by William
Thomas Martin III and Patricia Thomas Martin, 1996]

Newspaper item in LIVINGSTON JOURNAL, SUMTER CO., ALABAMA, DEC. 3, 1875 - "Henderson Ketchum of Blountsville died on the 23rd of wounds inflicted by Frank Gables."

NOTE: Frank Gables first appears in this record on March 10, 1876 on a charge of Manslaughter (pg. 94). The case was continued several times (pg. 110, 123, 139) until it was nolle prosequi (charges dropped) in January, 1878.

State Trial Docket
Blount County, Alabama
1873-1879

pg. 167
(copied 11-4-2005, Blount County, Alabama Archive Vault)
March? 10/76 Continued by consent, in this case the Presiding Judge in term? ter?? fixes the amount of bail at Fifteen Hundred Dollars and directs the Shreiff of this county to take bail according in vacatiore? January 8/77 Continued by Deft. Sept 1/77 Continued by consent. Jan 11/78 Nol Pros. NOTE: Nol Pros means case dropped.

About 1886 or 1887 Luther's widow (Susan Gilliland) moved to Lamar County, TX with some of the children. The rest followed later. Most migrated to Choctaw Indian Nations, later the state of Oklahoma. Luther KETCHUM was a wagonmaker and carpenter by profession in Alabama.

Information below was copied from the Luther Henderson Ketchum (b.1809) family bible. I have information about most of the Ketchums in the bible, but who were the Shearers and how were they connected? Some of this family spelled their name Sherrer. (There was a Judge Shearer in Blount county).
BIRTHS:
Thomas B. Shearer, Feb 19, 1814; Elizabeth Ann Shearer, Oct. 29, 1820; Phares Waldo Shearer, Aug. 12, 1837; Margarette Shearer, Jan 10, 1839; Christopher Ketchum, Feb 25, 1806; Susannah Ketchum, May 25, 1812; John Ketchum, Aug 23, 1830; Josephus Ketchum, Sept. 23, 1835; Lucinda Ketchum, Feb. 23, 1838; Henderson Ketchum, Nov. 10, 1809; Elizabeth Ketchum, Aug 14, 1815; Manerva Cathanne KetchAm, Jan 30, 1836; Esther Jane KetchAm, May 4, 1837; James H. Ketcham, May 27, 1839; Margate L. Ketcham, Dec 5, 1840; Aquillar J. Ketchum, Sept 4, 1842; Sara Adaline Ketchum, Sept. 20, 1845; Daniel Ketchum, Jun 20, 1848; Lewis T. Ketchum, Jan 15, 1850; Christopher C. Ketchum, July 15, 1863; Martha E. Ketchum, Jun 29, 1865; Margaret Ketchum, Mar 21, 1867; Robert Edward Lee Ketchum, Nov 14, 1868; Samuel Rasor Ketchum, May 1, 1871; James H. Loyd (?), Sept 2, 1857; Mit Madora Ketchum, Dec 23, 1874; Laura R. Ketchum, Oct. 9, 1864.

MARRIAGES:
Thomas B. Shearer & Eliza Ann Nation, May (or Jan?) 31, 1836
Christopher Ketchum & Susanah Niblett, Oct. 28, 1828
Christopher Ketchum & Polly A. Brown, Feb. 17, 1850
Christopher Ketchum & Mary Ann Ketchum, Dec. 10, 1847
Magnolia Manley & James L. Patrick, Dec. 16, 1888
R. S. Ketchum & Miss L. M. McAbee, Aug. 18, 1890
M.M. Ketchum & E. Lane
Henderson Ketchum & Susan Gilliland, Aug 6, 1862
Louis Ketchum & Francis E., Jan 29, 1862 [1869]
R. E. Ketchum & Josie Littlefield, Aug 17, 1887
J. H. Alexander & Susan Ketchum, Nov 28, 1894

DEATHS:
Lewis Ketchum, Dec 25, 1870
Amanda Ketchum born Oct 27, 1880 & died Dec 10, 1873 (erroneous date)
Samuel Gilliland, Apr 25, 1885
Elizabeth Gilliland, Feb 6, 1885

TRANSCRIBERS NOTE:
In the Bible at the beginning of the New Testament there was a date of 1834. I noticed that is 2 years prior to the marriage of Thomas Shearer & Elizabeth Nation which makes it seem the Bible belonged to them originally.

Susan GILLILAND was born on 17 Mar 1841. She died on 10 Feb 1899 in Oklahoma. She was buried in Goodland Cemetery, Hugo, Oklahoma. She married Luther Henderson KETCHUM on 6 Aug 1862 in Blount Co., AL.

A step son named James is with Susan on the 1880 census records in Blount County, AL along with her other children, indicating that she was married at least once before marrying Luther Henderson Ketchum. Most of the information about Susan Gilliland's ancestory came from Teresa Pinkston, Route 2 Box 60, Vici, OK 73859

They had the following children:

M i Christopher Columbus KETCHUM was born on 15 Jul 1863. He died on 21 Dec 1940.

F ii Martha Elizabeth KETCHUM was born on 29 Jun 1865. She died on 12 Mar 1930.

F iii Margaret KETCHUM was born on 21 Mar 1867.

M iv Robert Edward Lee KETCHUM was born on 14 Nov 1868. He died on 14 Sep 1950.

F v Mary Alice KETCHUM was born on 3 Mar 1869. She died on 23 Dec 1920.

M vi Samuel Rasor KETCHUM was born on 1 May 1871. He died on 28 Mar 1931.

F vii Amanda KETCHUM was born on 27 Oct 1873 in Blountsville, Alabama. She died on 10 Dec 1873 in Blountsville, Alabama.

F viii Mittie Madora KETCHUM was born on 23 Dec 1874. She died on 7 Jan 1941.

David KETCHUM [Parents] was born in 1813. He died in Marion Co., Tennessee. He was buried in Pryor Family Cem. near Jasper, TN. He married Francis PRYOR.

Fought in Civil War. No children of his own but raised children of his brother George after his death. Lived in Marion Co., TN many years.

Francis PRYOR.Francis married David KETCHUM.

Ezekiel W. KETCHUM [Parents] was born calculated 1817. He died on 27 Aug 1857 in Roane Co., TN. He married Mary Ann HAMBY on 13 Jan 1842 in Roane County, TN.

Received bounty land in 1838 in Roane Co., Tennessee after entering military in Marion Co., Tennessee. One researcher says family lived in Blount Co. Tennessee at one time. May have been born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.

Mary Ann HAMBY was born in 1823 in TN. She died on 27 Aug 1857 in Roane Co. TN. She married Ezekiel W. KETCHUM on 13 Jan 1842 in Roane County, TN.

One researcher says Ezekiel's wife was Mary Ann DAVIS. John R. Ketchum of this family, without Ezekiel, had 110 acres in Roane County, Tennesee near Walker Mills. He was gone by 1860. -RESEARCHER MARIANNE KETCHUM OF GENOA,NY
Mary A. Catchum b1821
Louisa b1843 TN
John R. b1845 TN
James C. b1850
Sarah E. b1852 TN
Ann M. b1855 TN

They had the following children:

F i Louisa A KETCHUM was born on 21 Aug 1842 in TN. She died on 13 Sep 1924.

M ii John R. KETCHUM was born in 1844.

M iii James C. KETCHUM was born in 1850.

F iv Sarah Elizabeth KETCHUM was born on 11 Dec 1852. She died on 3 Aug 1906.

F v Ann M. KETCHUM was born in 1855.

1850-1860 census in Roane Co., TN

John Jackson KETCHUM [Parents] "Jack" was born in 1818 in Tennessee. He died in 1862 in Ohio. He married Mary Catherine FIELDS.

Died in Civil War. Lived in Rolla, Phelps Co., Missouri near Salem and Crawford Counties. Fought for the South but probably not as an enlisted soldier. Thus the designation of bushwacker by the Union states.

John Ketchum, Bushwhacker, captured Phelps Co., Mo, residence Phelps Co., Mo, captured July 18, 1862. Taken from Gratiot St. Prison to Alton, Ill prison Sept 12, 1862. Sent to Sandusky, Ohio prison Nov. 14, 1862. Reported as having died on Johnson's Island, but the grave was not located. A number of graves in the Confederate POW Cemetery are marked as 'Unknown,' and it is thought they are graves of these particular dead, as the number not identified is practically the same as the number of graves marked unknown.

Mary Catherine FIELDS was born on 12 Jan 1824 in Tennessee. She died on 24 Dec 1891 in Missouri. She married John Jackson KETCHUM.

They had the following children:

M i Josephus KETCHUM was born in 1841.

M ii William H. KETCHUM was born in 1848. He died in 1892.

M iii Jacob Dungar KETCHUM was born in 1849.

M iv David Richard KETCHUM was born on 6 May 1851. He died on 27 Jun 1928.

M v James A. KETCHUM was born on 22 Sep 1852. He died on 8 Aug 1929.

M vi John Thomas KETCHUM was born in 1858. He died in Missouri.

M vii Isaac Martin KETCHUM was born on 24 May 1860. He died on 8 Dec 1919.

M viii Charles Arthur KETCHUM was born in 1862.

Richard W. KETCHUM [Parents] was born in 1815/1820. He died in 1869. He married Mary.

Lived in Bledsoe Co., Tennessee. Van Buren Co., Tennessee in 1850 census. Madison Co., Arkansas in 1860 and 1870 census. Richard's gggrandaughter is Brenda Pett. email her at cpett@micron.net

Mary.Mary married Richard W. KETCHUM.

They had the following children:

M i James Monroe KETCHUM was born in 1842. He died in Civil War.

F ii Rebecca J. KETCHUM was born in 1844.

M iii Joseph E. KETCHUM was born in 1846.

F iv Francis Penelope KETCHUM was born on 18 May 1848. She died on 25 Mar 1890.

M v David B. KETCHUM was born in 1854.

M vi William KETCHUM was born in 1856.

F vii Delana Emily KETCHUM was born in 1856 in Arkansas.

F viii Mary Elizabeth KETCHUM was born on 26 Mar 1862. She died on 16 Nov 1933.

F ix Charlotte KETCHUM was born in 1861.

M x John KETCHUM was born in 1866.

M xi Richard KETCHUM Jr. was born in 1869.

George W. KETCHUM [Parents] was born in 1824. He married Nancy.

Lived in Bledsoe Co., Tennessee, moved to Missouri, back to Bledsoe Co. by 1846. His brother David raised his children after his death.

Nancy.Nancy married George W. KETCHUM.

They had the following children:

M i Leonidas L. KETCHUM was born in 1841/1843.

F ii Emaline Louisa KETCHUM was born calculated 1843 in Missouri.

F iii Margaret KETCHUM was born calculated 1846 in Tennessee.

M iv Alexander E. KETCHUM was born calculated 1847.

M v George W. KETCHUM Jr. was born in 1850.

Green Berry KETCHUM Sr. [Parents] was born on 10 Nov 1820 in Alabama. He died on 28 Oct 1868 in San Saba Co., Texas. He was buried in China Creek Cemetery, San Saba, TX. He married Temperance Katherine WIDICK on 27 Jan 1842 in Macon Co., Illinois. Green was employed as a farmer and rancher.

Green B Ketcham relocated with his family to Sangamon County, Illinois, later Christian County, from Alabama about 1825. At the apparent age of 16 he acquired title to two pieces of land in Sangamon County, Illinois in January of 1836. First was 79 acres being located as the W/2NW4 in Section 3 of Township 13 North, Range 1 West, and the second was 40 acres being located as the NE4/NE4 in Section 3 of Township 13 North, Range 1 West, both recorded in the same deed, filed in county records at Volume 145, page 60. Two years later his father Peter bought the E2/SE4 in the same section.

UNKNOWN AUTHOR
This family moved to Texas about 1848 from Christian Co., IL (formed in 1839 out of Sangamon County), with his father & two brothers and their families. Brother James arrived in Texas in 1846 and uncle Jacob earlier, fighting in the Texas War of Independence from Mexico. Green Berry Ketchum was the County Coroner in Christian County, Illinois before leaving for Texas, having been elected Coroner of the County in 1844. He married Temperance Katherine Wydick (Widick) in Macon County, Illinois (which later became a part of Christian County, which was originally a part of Sangamon County).

After moving to Texas it seems that Green Berry Ketcham acquired two 50 acre tracts of land (or one tract filed twice) in Tennessee, Grant #11031 on 1 Sept 1852 in Middle Tennessee District, Franklin County , filed in book X, pg 99 and book X, pg 186. (Purchase or inheritance, gift?) LAND GRANTS AND DEEDS ARCHIVES - NASHVILLE, TN
The family went first to Limestone County for a short stay, then to Caldwell County, Texas and then to San Saba County about 1855, settling on the San Saba River on the place known later as the Rainey place in China Creek Community.

SAN SABA COUNTY HISTORY, 1856 - 1983
"KETCHUM, Green Berry, of Tennessee, and Temperance Ketchum were early pioneers of San Saba County. They were living in the County in the mid-1850’s. According to the minutes of the Cumberland Presbyterian Minute Book, G. B. Ketchum and wife, placed their membership with the Church in 1850. He was born November 10, 1820, and died October 28, 1868. He and his wife were first buried in the Old San Saba Cemetery where Rogan Field is now located. B. C. Smith, a grandson, had the remains exhumed and reburied at China Creek Cemetery.
Their children were: James and Joseph (both died in infancy), Elizabeth who married John Wesley Smith, Berry married Ola Shields, Sam (bachelor), Abner (died in infancy), Nancy married Abijah Duncan, Tom (bachelor). CORRECTION: Sam was not a bachelor. He married Louisa Greenlee 2 Feb 1875 in San Saba several years before joining his brother Tom in their outlaw career.
James (Jim) Ketchum, a pioneer and brother of Green Berry Ketchum was killed, presumably by Indians while on a cattle drive. CORRECTION: He was killed by indians. His children were Sarah who married John n. Gauny, Marion married Elizabeth Chaney, Tom, Vann, Pete.
Many descendants of each of these pioneers are now living in the County.
They eventually settled 5 miles west of San Saba, TX, where Richland Creek meets the San Saba River and "a few miles above the mouth of the creek". END

THE CALL OF THE SAN SABA by Alma Ward Hamrick
On August 23, 1857 the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at San Saba was organized with nine members. On the fourth meeting of this body on June 19, 1859, Rev. S. M. Lewis was named to head the church. At that time G. B. Ketchum, Mrs. Ketchum, and eight others were received into the church. Mr. and Mrs. Ketchum and an infant son, most likely Abner, are buried at China Creek Cemetery located 2.7 miles north of Harkeyville,Tx. at County Road 202 and County road 208, in San Saba County. Harkeyville is 3 miles west (on Hwy 395) of the city of San Saba, TX.

At the time of the 1860 census the family consisted of Green B. and Temperance and Elizabeth, Green B Jr., Samuel and Nancy . Green B. was listed as born in Alabama, a stock raiser, with a personal estate valued at $4,534. Three children had died young before the census. One was Abner b. 2 Feb 1856 and born in Texas. The other two were Joseph b. 10 Nov 1845 and James born 5 Dec 1842. The dates indicate that these two were born in Illinois before their sister Elizabeth who was also born in Illinois on 20 March 1848 just before the family left for Texas. SPRADLEY RESEARCH

In 1933 the city of San Saba decided to build a new football field. The land at that time was a cemetery, including graves of Benjamin Franklin Smith, his wife, John Wesley Smith and his wife Elizbeth Ketchum Smith, and Green Berry Ketchum and Temperance and infant. Barbara Smith's grandfather Edgar (Buddy) Smith, descendant of Elizabeth Ketchum Smith, moved the caskets from the land for the football field out to the China Creek Cemetery, about 6 miles out of San Saba to the NW on a Dirt road. Green Berry's grave has an old unreadable stone with writing on it and Temperance has one that is barely readable. Next to them is a third stone marker for a Ketchum infant, and next to this is a stone marking the grave of B. F. "Banner" Smith. SPRADLEY RESEARCH

"Mr. and Mrs. Ketchum had a family of 8 children: James Ketchum, born December 5, 1842; Joseph Ketchum, born November 10, 1845; Elizabeth Ketchum, born March 20, 1848, died June 26, 1933; Green Berry Ketchum, Jr, born October 24, 1850 and died March 31, 1914; Samuel Wesley Ketchum, born January 4, 1854 and died July 24 1899; Abner Ketchum, born February 2, 1856 and died before 1860; Nancy B. Ketchum, born January 6, 1860 and died January 9, 1937; Thomas Edward 'Black Jack' Ketchum, born October 31, 1863 in San Saba County, Texas and died April 26, 1901 in Clayton, Union County, New Mexico." - VARIOUS SOURCES

Temperance Katherine WIDICK [image] "Temple" was born on 26 Mar 1824 in Kentucky. She died in 1873 in San Saba, Texas. She was buried in China Creek Cemetery, San Saba, TX. She married Green Berry KETCHUM Sr. on 27 Jan 1842 in Macon Co., Illinois.

One descendant said that she remembered her family passing down a story that Temperance was of Germanic descent and could speak only one word of English when she and Green Berry were married. The word was 'cornbread'. She wasn't sure if her memory was correct, so this is probably incorrect since her father was born in America.

She became blind in her later years. She reportedly once said that her father was a slave trader in Union Town, Pennsylvania. There were five brothers, sons of John Wydick, Sr. (John, Samuel, Jacob, George and Joseph Wydick) who moved from Logan Co. KY to Macon Co. IL (1825) and an Emanuel who moved to Macon Co. the next year. Samuel was the father of Temperance. Emanual was her brother. There is some doubt whether they came to Illinois from Pennsylvania, or from Kentucky.

Among the first land entries in Prairieton Township, Christian County: Township 14 north, range 1 east, March 29, 1836, Daniel Wydick.

1870 US Census records for San Saba County, Texas lists Tempa Kitchener [Ketchum translated wrong on Ancestry.com], age 45, born in Illinois, and four children born in Texas; Green B. 19, Sam W. 16, Nancy B. 10, Thomas E. 6. Temperance died three years later.

Marriage record, Green B. Ketchum to Temple Widick, Macon County, Illinois, 27 January 1842. They were married by his father, Peter R. Ketchum, "under clergy authority".

Marriages records from Christian and Macon County, connected to Temperance Wydick (two brothers and a sister):
WYDICK, ABNER to JACOBS, ELIZA 04/08/1844 bk.A/pg.15 license#98 CHRISTIAN Co.
WYDICK, JOSEPH to MILLIGAN, MARGARET 03/22/1847 A/ 25 #173 CHRISTIAN Co.
JACOBS, GEORGE to WYDICK, HARRIET 10/22/1840 / MACON Co.

They had the following children:

M i James KETCHUM was born on 5 Dec 1842.

M ii Joseph KETCHUM was born on 10 Nov 1845. He died about 1846.

F iii Elizabeth KETCHUM was born on 20 Mar 1848. She died on 6 Jun 1932.

M iv Green Berry KETCHUM Jr. was born on 24 Oct 1850. He died on 31 Mar 1914.

M v Samuel Wesley KETCHUM was born on 4 Jan 1854. He died on 24 Jul 1899.

M vi Abner KETCHUM was born on 2 Feb 1856. He died before 1860. He was buried in China Creek Cemetery, San Saba County, Texas.

Named after his uncle Abner Widick.

F vii Nancy Blake KETCHUM was born on 6 Jan 1860. She died on 9 Jan 1937.

M viii Thomas Edward KETCHUM [image] "Black Jack" was born on 31 Oct 1863 in San Saba, TX. He died on 26 Apr 1901 in Clayton, NM. The cause of death was execution by hanging. He was buried in Clayton, NM. Thomas was employed as a cowboy, and later an outlaw..

In 1892, Black Jack, and one or two others have been named as the robbers of an Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe train that was on route to Deming, New Mexico with a large payroll in 1892. The gang supposedly robbed the train just outside Nutt, New Mexico, a water station about 20 miles north of Deming.

The (second?) major crime attributed to Tom was the murder of a neighbor, Jap Powers, in Tom Green County, Texas, December 12, 1895 Information at the Sutton (TX) Historical Society says that Will Carver and Sam Ketchum were the ones accused of killing John N. ‘Jap’ Powers in Knickerbocker, Texas. Fearing the law, they closed their joint saloon and gambling venture in San Angelo, and hit the outlaw trail. Within six months, Mrs. Powers and her lover J. E. Wright are arrested for the murder, but it is too late for Will and the Ketchums.

In early June of 1896, after working for the famed Bell Ranch in New Mexico, Tom and Sam, and maybe others robbed a store and post office at Liberty, New Mexico, northwest of present-day Tucumcari. According to history, the two Ketchums arrived in Liberty, New Mexico on June 12. They purchased a few supplies in town. Later in the evening a thunderstorm came up so the two men returned to the store of Morris and Levi Herzstein where they were invited to take shelter.

<http://www.gurulefamily.org/ancestry/newsletters/newsletter_apr_02.pdf>

Arriving in the morning to open the store on June 13, 1896, Levi Herzstein found that both the store and post office had been robbed. After gathering a posse Herzstein set out on the outlaws' trail. The posse, made up of four men, took the two outlaws by surprise in the Plaza Largo arroyo where the shoot-out occurred. It was only a matter of seconds before Levi Herzstein and Hermenejildo Gallegos lay dead in the arroyo. After seeing his two compadres fall to the ground in a midst of gunfire, Anastacio Borgue shifted his horse and rode out of the arroyo. Placido Gurulé, the fourth member of the posse gave his account of the shooting later. In the exchange of gunfire, Gurulé had been struck with a 30-30 slug that knocked him from his horse. He hit the ground with a blow that knocked the wind out of him for a few seconds. Gurulé lay in a semiconscious state as Black Jack emptied his shells into the bodies of Levi Herzstein and Hermenejildo Gallegos. In relating the story to his children and grand children in later years Placido Gurulé said, "I knew if I moved a muscle I would be dead man." Black Jack and Sam Ketchum were never caught or tried for the murders at the Plaza Largo that day, but according to stories handed down, Morris Herzstein was present in Clayton, New Mexico on April 26, 1901 for the hanging of Black Jack Ketchum.

Morris Herzstein moved to Clayton shortly after the killing in Liberty, and ultimately into the Texas panhandle. This business expansion is captured by the inscription on a shoe brush: ''Herzstein's - Clayton, New Mexico -- Dalhart, Texas. If it's from Herzstein's it's correct.'' (Morris was the father of Albert Herzstein who became one of the founders of Big 3 Industries in Houston, and is the gentleman who helped the museum in Clayton become a reality years later.)

Following this event, Thomas Ketchum joined other outlaws of the Hole in the Wall gang and pursued a life of crime, accused of killing several men in holdups or arguments but focusing on train robbery, although when not robbing trains they worked on several ranches in New Mexico and Texas. During this time, Tom Ketchum was once mistakenly identified as "Black Jack" Christian, another outlaw, and that nickname stuck with him in the newspapers. Three of the train robberies that the gang committed were near the same location, between Folsom and Des Moines, New Mexico. This was at the point where the old Fort Union wagon road crossed the Colorado and Southern Rail Road tracks near Twin Mountain.

On September 3, 1897 they pulled their first robbery at Twin Mountain. On July 11, 1899 the gang, without Black Jack, robbed the train again at Twin Mountain and Sam and his accomplices fled to a hideout in Turkey Creek Canyon above Cimmaron, NM and were tracked to there by a posse. One sheriff was killed. Sam was shot and died 10 days later. Others of the gang and the posse were wounded also in the shootout. On August 16, 1899, Tom Ketchum, knowing nothing of the July 11 hold-up which ended in the death of his brother Sam, single-handedly attempted to rob the same train again at the same place and in the same way that he and Sam and others of the gang had robbed it just a few weeks earlier. The train conductor, Mr. Frank Harrington, saw Tom riding up on the moving train. He recognized him, grabbed a shotgun, and shot Tom in the arm, knocking him off his horse. The train continued on, and the next day a posse came out and found Tom beside the tracks, badly wounded. He was transported to medical facilities at Trinidad, Colorado and his arm had to be amputated. He was nursed back to health and then sent to Clayton, New Mexico for trial. He was convicted and was the only person ever hung in Union County, New Mexico. He was also the only person who suffered capital punishment for the offense of "felonious assault upon a railway train" in the State of New Mexico. Later, the law was found to be unconstitutional, but way too late for Thomas Ketchum. He was executed by hanging in Clayton, NM. The photo that exists of Tom Ketchum standing on the gallows, taken by Harry Mellon Rhoads b.1880 or 81- d.1975 and who made photographs in Colorado for almost 60 years, includes Sheriff Salome Garcia of Union County, New Mexico tightening the noose around the neck of Black Jack. Also on the gallows are Sheriff O.T. Clark of Las Animas County, Colorado; Detective H.J. Chambers of Chicago, Illinois; citizen Trinidad C. de Baca; Dr. J.C. Clark; and a priest, Father Dean. The rope was too long, since nobody in Clayton had any experience in hanging people, and he was decapitated. He is buried in the Clayton Cemetery. See THE DEADLIEST OUTLAWS, by Jeffrey Burton, University of North Texas Press, August 2009, 509 pages, for a factual and well researched book of the Ketchum gang.

Surname List | Name Index

F	i	Mollie MCANALLY was born in 1826. She was buried in Guinns Cove Cenetary, Blount Co., AL.
M	ii	William James MCANALLY was born in 1828.
F	iii	Catherine MCANALLY was born in 1831.
M	iv	David MCANALLY was born on 14 Dec 1834. He died on 26 Oct 1907.
M	v	John C. MCANALLY was born on 29 Mar 1836.
M	vi	Elijah V. MCANALLY was born in 1839. He died on 27 Jun 1864 in Kennesaw Mountain. The cause of death was Civil War combat. McAnnally, Elijah V., born about 1839 in Alabama, son of Edmond and Elizabeth Ketchum McAnnally; enlisted 23 Sep 1861 at Blountsville; on muster roll through Aug 1863; Zorn reported he was killed at Kennesaw Mountain 27 Jun 1864
M	vii	Dutton T. MCANALLY was born on 21 Sep 1842. He died on 8 May 1907.
M	viii	Peter H. MCANALLY was born in 1841.
M	ix	Rueben MCANALLY was born in 1843. He died on 4 Apr 1896.
M	x	Thomas Benton MCANALLY was born on 12 Jan 1846. He died in Oct 1926.
M	xi	General Jackson MCANALLY was born on 12 Mar 1848. He died on 18 Nov 1930.
F	xii	Martha MCANALLY was born in 1852.

F	i	Catherine Minerva KETCHUM was born on 30 Jan 1836. She died on 15 Jul 1911.
F	ii	Ester Jane KETCHUM was born on 4 May 1837.
M	iii	James H. KETCHUM was born on 27 May 1839. He died on 19 Jan 1892 in Phelan, Cullman Co., AL. The Southern Democrat, 27 Nov 1924 says that the first Oneonta city clerk was John H. Ketchum. I feel that it was James H. Ketchum. I have found no John H. Ketchum in Blount County. “Uncle” Jasper Bynum built the first home, the first hotel, and he and his son built the first store. The first jeweler was Fred Steele, the first druggists were Dr. H.B. Disharoon an Dr. F.G. Donehoo. The first Dr. was H.B. Disharoon, the first lawyers were R.T. Robinett, M.P. Allgood, Emory C. Hall, M.L. Ward and J.P. Lockwood. The first preachrs were Inzer (Baptist) Patillo (Methodist). The first mayor was A.J. Ingram. The first city clerk was John H. Ketchum and the first Treasurer, Dr. E.W. Wiggins. The M.E. Church, South, was organized in 1890; the Missionary Baptist was organized about 1896; the Cumberland Presbyterian in 1897; the M.E. Church in 1902, and the Christian Church in 1912. James died at the home of his sister, Catherine Minerva Chamblee.
F	iv	Margaret L. KETCHUM was born on 5 Dec 1840. She died before 1950.
M	v	Aquilla Jefferson KETCHUM was born on 4 Sep 1842. He died on 20 Feb 1921.
F	vi	Sarah Adaline KETCHUM was born on 20 Sep 1845.
M	vii	Daniel KETCHUM was born on 20 Jun 1848. He died before 1850.
M	viii	Lewis T. KETCHUM was born on 15 Jan 1850. He died on 25 Dec 1870.

M	i	Christopher Columbus KETCHUM was born on 15 Jul 1863. He died on 21 Dec 1940.
F	ii	Martha Elizabeth KETCHUM was born on 29 Jun 1865. She died on 12 Mar 1930.
F	iii	Margaret KETCHUM was born on 21 Mar 1867.
M	iv	Robert Edward Lee KETCHUM was born on 14 Nov 1868. He died on 14 Sep 1950.
F	v	Mary Alice KETCHUM was born on 3 Mar 1869. She died on 23 Dec 1920.
M	vi	Samuel Rasor KETCHUM was born on 1 May 1871. He died on 28 Mar 1931.
F	vii	Amanda KETCHUM was born on 27 Oct 1873 in Blountsville, Alabama. She died on 10 Dec 1873 in Blountsville, Alabama.
F	viii	Mittie Madora KETCHUM was born on 23 Dec 1874. She died on 7 Jan 1941.

F	i	Louisa A KETCHUM was born on 21 Aug 1842 in TN. She died on 13 Sep 1924.
M	ii	John R. KETCHUM was born in 1844.
M	iii	James C. KETCHUM was born in 1850.
F	iv	Sarah Elizabeth KETCHUM was born on 11 Dec 1852. She died on 3 Aug 1906.
F	v	Ann M. KETCHUM was born in 1855. 1850-1860 census in Roane Co., TN

M	i	Josephus KETCHUM was born in 1841.
M	ii	William H. KETCHUM was born in 1848. He died in 1892.
M	iii	Jacob Dungar KETCHUM was born in 1849.
M	iv	David Richard KETCHUM was born on 6 May 1851. He died on 27 Jun 1928.
M	v	James A. KETCHUM was born on 22 Sep 1852. He died on 8 Aug 1929.
M	vi	John Thomas KETCHUM was born in 1858. He died in Missouri.
M	vii	Isaac Martin KETCHUM was born on 24 May 1860. He died on 8 Dec 1919.
M	viii	Charles Arthur KETCHUM was born in 1862.

M	i	James Monroe KETCHUM was born in 1842. He died in Civil War.
F	ii	Rebecca J. KETCHUM was born in 1844.
M	iii	Joseph E. KETCHUM was born in 1846.
F	iv	Francis Penelope KETCHUM was born on 18 May 1848. She died on 25 Mar 1890.
M	v	David B. KETCHUM was born in 1854.
M	vi	William KETCHUM was born in 1856.
F	vii	Delana Emily KETCHUM was born in 1856 in Arkansas.
F	viii	Mary Elizabeth KETCHUM was born on 26 Mar 1862. She died on 16 Nov 1933.
F	ix	Charlotte KETCHUM was born in 1861.
M	x	John KETCHUM was born in 1866.
M	xi	Richard KETCHUM Jr. was born in 1869.

M	i	Leonidas L. KETCHUM was born in 1841/1843.
F	ii	Emaline Louisa KETCHUM was born calculated 1843 in Missouri.
F	iii	Margaret KETCHUM was born calculated 1846 in Tennessee.
M	iv	Alexander E. KETCHUM was born calculated 1847.
M	v	George W. KETCHUM Jr. was born in 1850.

M	i	James KETCHUM was born on 5 Dec 1842.
M	ii	Joseph KETCHUM was born on 10 Nov 1845. He died about 1846.
F	iii	Elizabeth KETCHUM was born on 20 Mar 1848. She died on 6 Jun 1932.
M	iv	Green Berry KETCHUM Jr. was born on 24 Oct 1850. He died on 31 Mar 1914.
M	v	Samuel Wesley KETCHUM was born on 4 Jan 1854. He died on 24 Jul 1899.
M	vi	Abner KETCHUM was born on 2 Feb 1856. He died before 1860. He was buried in China Creek Cemetery, San Saba County, Texas. Named after his uncle Abner Widick.
F	vii	Nancy Blake KETCHUM was born on 6 Jan 1860. She died on 9 Jan 1937.
M	viii	Thomas Edward KETCHUM [image] "Black Jack" was born on 31 Oct 1863 in San Saba, TX. He died on 26 Apr 1901 in Clayton, NM. The cause of death was execution by hanging. He was buried in Clayton, NM. Thomas was employed as a cowboy, and later an outlaw.. In 1892, Black Jack, and one or two others have been named as the robbers of an Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe train that was on route to Deming, New Mexico with a large payroll in 1892. The gang supposedly robbed the train just outside Nutt, New Mexico, a water station about 20 miles north of Deming. The (second?) major crime attributed to Tom was the murder of a neighbor, Jap Powers, in Tom Green County, Texas, December 12, 1895 Information at the Sutton (TX) Historical Society says that Will Carver and Sam Ketchum were the ones accused of killing John N. ‘Jap’ Powers in Knickerbocker, Texas. Fearing the law, they closed their joint saloon and gambling venture in San Angelo, and hit the outlaw trail. Within six months, Mrs. Powers and her lover J. E. Wright are arrested for the murder, but it is too late for Will and the Ketchums. In early June of 1896, after working for the famed Bell Ranch in New Mexico, Tom and Sam, and maybe others robbed a store and post office at Liberty, New Mexico, northwest of present-day Tucumcari. According to history, the two Ketchums arrived in Liberty, New Mexico on June 12. They purchased a few supplies in town. Later in the evening a thunderstorm came up so the two men returned to the store of Morris and Levi Herzstein where they were invited to take shelter. <http://www.gurulefamily.org/ancestry/newsletters/newsletter_apr_02.pdf> Arriving in the morning to open the store on June 13, 1896, Levi Herzstein found that both the store and post office had been robbed. After gathering a posse Herzstein set out on the outlaws' trail. The posse, made up of four men, took the two outlaws by surprise in the Plaza Largo arroyo where the shoot-out occurred. It was only a matter of seconds before Levi Herzstein and Hermenejildo Gallegos lay dead in the arroyo. After seeing his two compadres fall to the ground in a midst of gunfire, Anastacio Borgue shifted his horse and rode out of the arroyo. Placido Gurulé, the fourth member of the posse gave his account of the shooting later. In the exchange of gunfire, Gurulé had been struck with a 30-30 slug that knocked him from his horse. He hit the ground with a blow that knocked the wind out of him for a few seconds. Gurulé lay in a semiconscious state as Black Jack emptied his shells into the bodies of Levi Herzstein and Hermenejildo Gallegos. In relating the story to his children and grand children in later years Placido Gurulé said, "I knew if I moved a muscle I would be dead man." Black Jack and Sam Ketchum were never caught or tried for the murders at the Plaza Largo that day, but according to stories handed down, Morris Herzstein was present in Clayton, New Mexico on April 26, 1901 for the hanging of Black Jack Ketchum. Morris Herzstein moved to Clayton shortly after the killing in Liberty, and ultimately into the Texas panhandle. This business expansion is captured by the inscription on a shoe brush: ''Herzstein's - Clayton, New Mexico -- Dalhart, Texas. If it's from Herzstein's it's correct.'' (Morris was the father of Albert Herzstein who became one of the founders of Big 3 Industries in Houston, and is the gentleman who helped the museum in Clayton become a reality years later.) Following this event, Thomas Ketchum joined other outlaws of the Hole in the Wall gang and pursued a life of crime, accused of killing several men in holdups or arguments but focusing on train robbery, although when not robbing trains they worked on several ranches in New Mexico and Texas. During this time, Tom Ketchum was once mistakenly identified as "Black Jack" Christian, another outlaw, and that nickname stuck with him in the newspapers. Three of the train robberies that the gang committed were near the same location, between Folsom and Des Moines, New Mexico. This was at the point where the old Fort Union wagon road crossed the Colorado and Southern Rail Road tracks near Twin Mountain. On September 3, 1897 they pulled their first robbery at Twin Mountain. On July 11, 1899 the gang, without Black Jack, robbed the train again at Twin Mountain and Sam and his accomplices fled to a hideout in Turkey Creek Canyon above Cimmaron, NM and were tracked to there by a posse. One sheriff was killed. Sam was shot and died 10 days later. Others of the gang and the posse were wounded also in the shootout. On August 16, 1899, Tom Ketchum, knowing nothing of the July 11 hold-up which ended in the death of his brother Sam, single-handedly attempted to rob the same train again at the same place and in the same way that he and Sam and others of the gang had robbed it just a few weeks earlier. The train conductor, Mr. Frank Harrington, saw Tom riding up on the moving train. He recognized him, grabbed a shotgun, and shot Tom in the arm, knocking him off his horse. The train continued on, and the next day a posse came out and found Tom beside the tracks, badly wounded. He was transported to medical facilities at Trinidad, Colorado and his arm had to be amputated. He was nursed back to health and then sent to Clayton, New Mexico for trial. He was convicted and was the only person ever hung in Union County, New Mexico. He was also the only person who suffered capital punishment for the offense of "felonious assault upon a railway train" in the State of New Mexico. Later, the law was found to be unconstitutional, but way too late for Thomas Ketchum. He was executed by hanging in Clayton, NM. The photo that exists of Tom Ketchum standing on the gallows, taken by Harry Mellon Rhoads b.1880 or 81- d.1975 and who made photographs in Colorado for almost 60 years, includes Sheriff Salome Garcia of Union County, New Mexico tightening the noose around the neck of Black Jack. Also on the gallows are Sheriff O.T. Clark of Las Animas County, Colorado; Detective H.J. Chambers of Chicago, Illinois; citizen Trinidad C. de Baca; Dr. J.C. Clark; and a priest, Father Dean. The rope was too long, since nobody in Clayton had any experience in hanging people, and he was decapitated. He is buried in the Clayton Cemetery. See THE DEADLIEST OUTLAWS, by Jeffrey Burton, University of North Texas Press, August 2009, 509 pages, for a factual and well researched book of the Ketchum gang.